Ernie Banks

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Hall of Famer Major League Baseball player baseball player first baseman human shortstop

Ernie Banks was a Hall of Fame shortstop and first baseman renowned as “Mr. Cub” and one of the greatest and most beloved players in Chicago Cubs history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hall of Famer ⓘ
Major League Baseball player ⓘ
baseball player ⓘ
first baseman ⓘ
human ⓘ
shortstop ⓘ
allStarSelection 14 ⓘ
bats right ⓘ
birthDate 1931-01-31 ⓘ
birthPlace Dallas, Texas ⓘ
surface form: Dallas, Texas, United States
careerBattingAverage .274 ⓘ
careerHits 2583 ⓘ
careerHomeRuns 512 ⓘ
careerRBIs 1636 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 2015-01-23 ⓘ
familyName Banks ⓘ
finalMLBgameDate 1971-09-26 ⓘ
finalMLBteam Chicago Cubs ⓘ
fullName Ernest Banks ⓘ
givenName Ernest ⓘ
HallOfFameBallots first ballot ⓘ
HallOfFameInductionYear 1977 ⓘ
HallOfFameVotePercentage 83.8 ⓘ
homeRunLeaderYear 1958 ⓘ
1960 ⓘ
inductedInto National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⓘ
surface form: National Baseball Hall of Fame
jerseyNumber 14 ⓘ
jerseyNumberRetiredBy Chicago Cubs ⓘ
knownFor being one of the greatest players in Chicago Cubs history ⓘ
optimistic catchphrase "Let’s play two" ⓘ
league National League ⓘ
MLBdebutDate 1953-09-17 ⓘ
MLBdebutTeam Chicago Cubs ⓘ
MVPaward National League Most Valuable Player Award ⓘ
surface form: National League Most Valuable Player
MVPyear 1958 ⓘ
1959 ⓘ
nickname Mr Cub ⓘ
Mr. Cub ⓘ
playedFor Chicago Cubs ⓘ
positionPlayed first baseman ⓘ
shortstop ⓘ
RBIleaderYear 1958 ⓘ
1959 ⓘ
SilverSluggerOrEquivalent National League home run leader ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
statueLocation Wrigley Field ⓘ
teamNumber 14 ⓘ
throws right ⓘ

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subject surface form: Graceland Cemetery
Chicago Cubs → notablePlayer → Ernie Banks ⓘ
subject surface form: Kansas City Monarchs
Billy Williams → playedWith → Ernie Banks ⓘ